CapMan Real Estate Press release
7 February 2020 at 02.00 p.m. CET

CapMan Nordic Real Estate II signs agreement with the Swedish Police to lease in excess of 30,000 sqm of space in Eskilstuna, Sweden

CapMan Nordic Real Estate II fund has entered into an agreement with the Swedish Police to lease more than 30,000 sqm of space on a long-term basis at its Vintergatan 19 property in Eskilstuna for a new police station.     

CapMan acquired the 63,000 sqm Vintergatan 19 property in March 2018, which sits on a site of 6.5 hectares on Kungsgatan 71 in central Eskilstuna. In 2019, the main existing tenant, ASSA ABLOY, extended its lease on 11,000 sqm for a period of 12 years. In addition to this, CapMan will now develop a modern police station at the property, which will be ready in 2024 and be of significant value to the Police Authority, its employees and the Södermanland County community.

“We are very excited to enter into a long-term agreement with the Police Authority and to develop a new facility for them.  The Police Authority have for some time been searching for a good solution to meet their future needs in Eskilstuna and CapMan is delighted to assist them with this. Completion of this agreement is a major step towards achieving our business plan for the property,” comments Per Tängerstad, Partner at CapMan Real Estate.

Wigge & Partners acted for CapMan in the transaction.

CapMan Nordic Real Estate II is a €425 million fund raised in August 2017. The focus of the fund is to acquire mainly office, industrial, retail and residential properties located in established submarkets of major Nordic cities.

CapMan Real Estate has a team consisting of 40 real estate professionals in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. CapMan’s current real estate volume under management is over EUR 2.5 billion.

For further information, please contact:
Per Tängerstad, Partner, CapMan Real Estate, tel. +46 70 591 23 00

About CapMan
CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation. We offer a wide selection of investment products and services. As one of the Nordic private equity pioneers, we have developed hundreds of companies and real estate assets and created substantial value in these businesses and assets over the past 30 years. Our objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover Private Equity, Real Estate and Infra. We also have a growing service business that includes procurement services, fundraising advisory, and analysis, reporting and wealth management services. Altogether, CapMan employs 140 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London and Luxembourg. CapMan is a signatory of the PRI since 2012 and has established the Nordic chapter of the Level 20 network that promotes diversity in the private equity industry. CapMan Plc’s shares are publicly traded on Nasdaq Helsinki since 2001. Please visit www.capman.com for more information.

CapMan Real Estate press release
14 January 2020 at 4.30 p.m. EET
CapMan Real Estate in cooperation with Universal-Investment continues acquisitions for BVK by acquiring a property in Copenhagen from MT Højgaard

CapMan Real Estate expands Bayerische Versorgungskammer’s (BVK) Danish portfolio with the acquisition of a 8,900 sqm project developed by MT Højgaard in Flintholm. The acquisition expands the investment volume of CapMan’s mandate from BVK, which is a real estate fund held on the fund platform of Universal-Investment, to EUR 850 million based on the GAV of the portfolio.

The Flintholm property is located in Frederiksberg, an attractive residential area in Copenhagen, with park access and close to one of the main transportation hubs in the city.

The project will comprise 5,940 sqm residential area in 54 units, 500 sqm retail space and 59 parking spaces as well as storage space in the basement. All units will be equipped by either balconies or terraces.

The property is acquired on a forward funding basis from MT Højgaard, who will also be the general contractor. Construction of the property starts in the first quarter of 2020 with delivery of the turnkey project expected by the end of 2021.

“Flintholm is an excellent addition to BVK’s high quality residential portfolio. We look forward to our continued co-operation with BVK as we have a strong pipeline for further acquisitions across the Nordic countries,” comments Robert Feldt, Investment Director at CapMan Real Estate.

High requirements for architecture and townscape from Municipality of Frederiksberg

Architect Holscher Nordberg has designed an attractive project with attention to detail. This becomes apparent in the terraced building with the light shaded bricks, active zones in front of the retracted entrances, balconies with integrated plant containers and bay windows with views towards the park.

“With the development and sale of this project, we ensure a well-executed finalization of the area and delivery of a product that is in line with our own and the Municipality of Frederiksberg’s high requirements to architecture and townscape. We have been working with these features of the project, that in sum adds more value to the town and the community in the area”, comments Christina Jørgensen, Director of Project Development & PPP at MT Højgaard.

CapMan Real Estate’s Nordic organisation includes more than 40 committed real estate investment professionals, managing over €2.5 billion in real estate investments.

For further information, please contact:
Robert Feldt, Investment Director, CapMan Real Estate, tel. +45 50 51 88 41
Christina Jørgensen, Direktør for Projektudvikling & OPP, MT Højgaard, tel. +45 42 65 68 65

About CapMan
CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation. We offer a wide selection of investment products and services. As one of the Nordic private equity pioneers, we have developed hundreds of companies and real estate assets and created substantial value in these businesses and assets over the past 30 years. Our objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover Private Equity, Real Estate and Infra. We also have a growing service business that includes procurement services, fundraising advisory, and analysis, reporting and wealth management services. Altogether, CapMan employs 140 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Moscow and Luxembourg. Visit www.capman.com for more information.

About Bayerische Versorgungskammer:

Bayerische Versorgungskammer is the competence and service center for occupational and communal pension schemes and Germany´s largest pension scheme group under public law. As a public authority of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, it is the joint executive body of twelve liberal professions´ and communal pension schemes. Bayerische Versorgungskammer covers about 2.3 million insured persons in total, with contributions of €4.8 billion and €3.4 billion pension payments annually. It currently has €77 billion assets under management and 1,315 employees. www.versorgungskammer.de

About Universal-Investment

With fund assets of around EUR 491 billion under administration, thereof EUR 377 billion in own vehicles and around EUR 114 billion in, inter alia, insourcing, well over 1,400 mutual and special investment mandates and a workforce of around 750, Universal-Investment is the largest independent investment company in the German-speaking region. With the acquisition of UI labs in January 2019, the industry-leading IT data specialist now completes the Group’s service portfolio by adding front office and data solutions. The investment company is the central platform for independent asset management and unifies the investment know-how of portfolio managers, private banks, asset managers and investment boutiques. Founded in 1968, the Universal-Investment Group is headquartered in Frankfurt/Main and has subsidiaries, branches and holdings in Luxembourg, Poland and Austria. It is one of the pioneers of the investment industry and has meanwhile become the market leader in the areas of master-KVG and private label funds. According to the 2019 PwC ManCo Survey, Universal-Investment is the largest AIFM ManCo in Luxembourg; among the Third-Party-ManCos, Universal-Investment also ranks in first place (as of November 30, 2019). More information available at: www.universal-investment.com

About MT Højgaard A/S

MT Højgaard is one of the leading construction companies in the Nordics. We create those spaces that we live, work and move around in and we have been doing that for a hundred years. Today we combine our practical know-how with advanced technology and we insist on co-operation based on dialogue, curiosity, courage and enthusiasm. MT Højgaard is a part of MT Højgaard Group. The Group’s 3,600 employees focus on co-operation, innovation, processes and sustainability. Visit us at mth.dk.

CapMan Real Estate press release
20 December 2019 at 12.00 p.m. EET

CapMan Real Estate invests in second Polaris Business Park asset in Leppävaara, Greater Helsinki

CapMan Nordic Real Estate II fund acquires Polaris Capella, an office building in Leppävaara, Greater Helsinki. The acquisition is the fund’s second asset in Polaris Business Park following the acquisition of the Polaris Castor building earlier in 2019. The fund now owns two out of three office buildings in Polaris Business Park.

Polaris Capella is an approx. 6,000 sqm asset built in 2009 and located in Leppävaara, one of the main office sub-markets in Greater Helsinki. The property is part of the Polaris Business Park and it is conveniently located by the Turunväylä motorway, 1.5km from the Leppävaara train station, 20 minutes from Helsinki-Vantaa airport and 25 minutes from the Helsinki CBD.

“Polaris Capella is an excellent addition to the fund enabling us to create even more value in the entire Polaris Business Park,” comments Juhani Erke, Partner and Head of CapMan Real Estate Finland.

Polaris Capella is the seventeenth acquisition of the €425 million CapMan Nordic Real Estate II fund, which invests mainly in office, residential and retail properties located in established submarkets of major Nordic cities and selectively in real estate sectors supported by prevailing megatrends.

CapMan Real Estate’s Nordic organisation includes more than 40 committed real estate investment professionals. We manage over €2.5 billion in real estate investments.

For more information, please contact:
Juhani Erke, Partner, Head of CapMan Real Estate Finland, tel. +358 50 549 5104

About CapMan
CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation. We offer a wide selection of investment products and services. As one of the Nordic private equity pioneers, we have developed hundreds of companies and real estate assets and created substantial value in these businesses and assets over the past 30 years. Our objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover Private Equity, Real Estate and Infra. We also have a growing service business that includes procurement services, fundraising advisory, and analysis, reporting and wealth management services. Altogether, CapMan employs 140 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Moscow and Luxembourg. Visit www.capman.com for more information.

• EQT Real Estate completes its first exit from Germany – a 116,500 sqm, seven building, multi-let office portfolio, with 97 percent occupancy, located in close proximity to Cologne’s central business district

• During its three-year ownership period, EQT Real Estate completed a number of value-creation strategies including an update of the physical structure of the buildings, an improvement of the tenant experience and a stabilization of the income profile by proactively engaging in lease renewals and extensions

EQT Real Estate fund I (“EQT Real Estate”) today announced that it has disposed of its 100 percent ownership interest in the TechnologiePark portfolio in Cologne, Germany (“TPK”) to TPG Real Estate Partners.

TPK contains seven high-quality assets located in the Ehrenfeld district of Cologne, comprised of six Grade A office properties spanning approximately 81,500 sqm and the Mercedes-Benz Centre, a regional car showroom hub and a full service-center spanning approximately 35,000 sqm. TPK serves a prominent group of tenants with long-term rental agreements including Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company as well as the German Government. The office park is located near TechnologiePark station which provides a direct, 10-minute rail link to Cologne Central Station.

After acquiring the portfolio out of insolvency at a substantial discount to replacement cost in late 2016, EQT Real Estate implemented a robust set of value creation initiatives through a multi-pronged, hands-on asset management plan including implementing accretive lease renewals, completing physical improvements of the buildings and streamlining the operational management of the portfolio. In addition, important sustainability measures were taken into consideration in all maintenance and capital expenditure programs as well as including “green lease” clauses when re-gearing tenants, both of which are consistent with EQT Real Estate’s thematic approach to sustainable investing.

EQT Real Estate believes that its business plan objectives were met and is confident that TPG Real Estate Partners will be able to navigate the portfolio through its next phase of growth, especially as the Cologne real estate market continues to remain supply constrained.

Rob Rackind, Partner at EQT Partners and Investment Advisor to EQT Real Estate, said: “TPK is a perfect example of how the integrated pan-European advisory team supported value creation through complex and intensive asset management workstreams and successfully sold this high-quality asset into Germany’s deep institutional market. This realization, together with the exit of Code, a 5,800 sqm office redevelopment in Paris earlier this year, confirms that EQT Real Estate´s thematic investment approach, which includes investing in gateway cities across Europe, is generating attractive risk adjusted returns for our investors.”

EQT Real Estate has been advised by Ashurst, Colliers International and RheinReal.

The transaction closed on 19 December 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Contact
Rob Rackind, Partner at EQT Partners, Investment Advisor to EQT Real Estate, +44 208 432 54 07
EQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com +46 8 506 55 334

About EQT
EQT is a differentiated global investment organization with more than EUR 62 billion in raised capital and around EUR 41 billion in assets under management across 20 active funds. EQT funds have portfolio companies in Europe, Asia and the US with total sales of more than EUR 21 billion and approximately 127,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

More info: www.eqtgroup.com
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About EQT Real Estate fund I
EQT Real Estate fund I seeks to make direct and indirect controlling investments in real estate assets, portfolios and operating companies that offer significant potential for value creation through repositioning, redevelopment, refurbishment and active management. The investments will typically range between EUR 50 million and EUR 200 million. The fund is advised by an experienced team of real estate professionals from EQT Partners, all of whom have extensive knowledge of property investment, development and intensive “hands-on” asset management along with access to the full EQT network, including 13 European offices and more than 250 EQT Advisors.

About TPG Real Estate

TPG Real Estate (“TPGRE”) is the real estate platform of TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm with more than $111 billion of assets under management and 17 offices around the world. TPGRE includes TPG Real Estate Partners (“TREP”), its equity investment platform, and TPG Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE: “TRTX”), its debt origination and acquisition platform. TREP focuses primarily on investments in real estate-rich companies, property portfolios, and select single assets located in North America and Europe. TRTX originates and acquires senior real estate loans across a broad spectrum of asset classes in North America. TPGRE currently manages approximately $11.9 billion in assets across both platforms.

More info: www.tpg.com